Bibliograph

First to the party, the group origins of party transformation, Christopher Baylor

Type

Label

First to the party, the group origins of party transformation, Christopher Baylor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

First to the party

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

989519759

Responsibility statement

Christopher Baylor

Series statement

American governance : politics, policy, and public law

Sub title

the group origins of party transformation

Summary

What determines the interests, ideologies, and alliances that make up political parties? In its entire history, the United States has had only a handful of party transformations. First to the Party concludes that groups like unions and churches, not voters or politicians, are the most consistent influences on party transformation

Table Of Contents

Building blocs: groups and contested party transformations -- Overcoming a troubled history: civil rights groups seek a coalition with labor -- Labor's interest in a civil rights coalition -- Twisting the donkey's tail: how groups changed a reluctant party -- Maintaining the democratic trajectory on civil rights -- Conservative Christians before the Christian right -- A Christian right takes shape -- The first wave of cultural conservative politics -- Eating the elephant, one bite at a time: influencing a national party through state politics -- Conversions: Republican nominations after Reagan -- Other evidence: populism and gay rights

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